A three-vehicle accident April 27 sent two drivers to the hospital and landed the third driver a ticket. The accident occurred near the intersection of M-24 and Oakdell Road around 3 p.m. when a 17-year-old Oxford woman driving a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am pulled out of the Shell gas station and attempted to turn left […]
Conceptual plans for a roughly 100,000-square-foot shopping center complete with outdoor promenade and dog park, just south of Meijer, were presented at the Oxford Township Planning Commission April 28. Paul Aragona, president of the Clinton Township-based Aragona Properties, met with commissioners during a pre-application conference to discuss his proposal to build a community shopping center […]
Oxford Township Parks and Recreation is one step closer to adding another 14 acres to Seymour Lake Township Park to expand its soccer facilities and parking. The township board voted unanimously April 27 to authorize the purchase of 14 acres of land bordering the park on the east side, west of Coats Road, for $225,000 […]
Ricky Carmichael. Travis Pastrana. James Stewart. In the wildly popular extreme sport of supercross (off-road motorcycle racing or ‘motocross? for short), these riders? names reign supreme on the track. One day, Oxford resident John Boyle, who celebrates his eighth birthday May 6, hopes his name will be alongside these supercross superstars whom he considers personal […]
Two elementary school teachers were surprised with giant checks Monday morning. No, they weren’t Publisher’s Clearinghouse Sweepstakes checks delivered by Ed McMahon. The checks were technology grants hand-delivered by EDS employee Paul Ward. Oxford Elementary fourth-grade teacher Krista Rushlow and Leonard Elementary library media specialist Laura Kasper each received a $1,500 EDS Technology Grant. The […]
There’s no City of Oxford yet and already I can see cityhood is going to cost us a bloody fortune. A few weeks ago, the township hired a $295 per hour attorney to fight any future attempts by the village to steal township land when the time comes to draw its proposed city boundaries. In […]
Two Oxford High School students placed ninth in the FORD/AAA Student Auto Skills competition held April 27 at Macomb Community College. Seniors Carl Boone and Tim Wagner gave it their all at the annual state competition in which 11th and 12th grade students from around Michigan utilize their troubleshooting and repair skills on malfunctioning 2005 […]
On Sunday, 358 caring souls walked to help stop hunger both locally and worldwide. Individuals from 15 area churches and one preschool participated in the annual CROP Walk held at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church on Waldon Road in Orion Township. Participants collected pledges prior to the event, then walked either a two-mile or six-mile […]
A total of 325 kids literally stormed the field at Seymour Lake Township Park Saturday afternoon as part of the annual Easter Bunny Bonanza. The kids raced around collecting thousands of colored plastic eggs, then they snatched up thousands of ping-pong balls dropped from a helicopter.
It appears the Lone Ranger may ride again in Oxford with both an event and parade bearing the fictional masked lawman’s moniker. Last week, the Community Events Committee decided to rename Celebrate Oxford ? scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 3 ? as either ‘Celebrate The Lone Ranger? or ‘Celebrate Lone Ranger.? However, whether the community can […]